2:00. The handball match ended CRAZY!! Korea scored a goal with 5 seconds left, and somehow Norway got the ball to its best player, who basically went the length of the floor and scored at the buzzer to give her team a one-goal win and a spot in teh gold medal match. They celebrated with what looked to be a game of ring-around-the-rosey in the middle of the court with their coaches.
2:02. The American women are in the gold-medal game in indoor volleyball after doing Cuba, cigar-style; just rolling them up and smoking them. The other semi, China vs Brazil, is on right now. And, wow. I mean, wow. Let's just say the Brazilian team has some absolute world-class talent. Speaking of that, my girl Logan Tom and the Americans play in the final on 8:00 AM on Saturday morning while we begin the Wildcat Open....I, for one, will be thinking of her at that time....
2:16. Tight first set between two teams who couldn't possibly look different, both physically as well as style-wise. China has the best setter in the world, so she basically is involved in every single play, whereas Brazil has a number of talented hitters and their Libero is a very good setter as well. I am surprised by the amount of time-outs in volleyball; now that they have rally-scoring in the game, where every serve ends with a point, they have "technical" time-outs once either team reaches 8 and 16 points. Seems like coaching in volleyball is a lot more important that I would have thought before watching these Olympics...and it stands in start contrast to some of the other team sports, like soccer and water polo, where in-game coaching seems to be virtually non-existant.
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